27. COMPOSITION – Comprehension Writing

COMPREHENSION WRITING

                Comprehension literally means the act or process of grasping with the intellect. It is process of understanding through reading. The purposeful reading requires concentration intelligence and power of finding answers of questions given at the end of passage within limited time. It shows the capacity and the ability of the student to understand the contents of the passage and to extract information from it.

                The aim of comprehension is to measure and improve student’s ability to read and understand. Therefore, it is essential that student should be able to express his ideas clearly, precisely and in good language.

Some tips:

• First read the content of the passage quickly to get a fairly good idea and then slowly to understand the meaning of the passage.
• Read the entire question first and try to find out the answer while reading the passage, better to give it number of the relevant question.
• Write complete sentence as far as possible, through sometime it is possible to good answer, using only single phrase or word. The answer to the question should be brief and to the point.
• You can also answer using an expression taken from the passage, but it is always preferable to write answer in your own words, which should be precise and neat.
• Do not ever copy from the passage without understanding.
• It also includes some vocabulary questions to test the reading skill. You should be able express the meaning of idea clearly and to the point.
• Refer to the dictionary wherever you have misconnects about the meanings of terms, which may lead to wrong interpretations.